A five year restoration project at one of the country’s most important Arts and Crafts gardens has been completed at the National Trust’s [Alliance member] Standen in West Sussex.
The impressive house at Standen was designed for James Beale in the late 19th century by leading Arts and Crafts architect Philip Webb. The 12 acre hillside garden, however, was designed by Beale’s wife Margaret and saw its heyday in the 1920s.
Additionally, from Saturday 6 May, visitors to the National Trust’s Wightwick Manor in Wolverhampton will be able to discover ceramics and paintings by William and Evelyn De Morgan. A new purpose-built gallery space will show over 100 ceramics by William and 18 paintings by Evelyn, loaned from the De Morgan Collection.